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Ground-based solar arrays, which are affected by cloudy weather and the night-day cycle, typically produce at about 25 percent of capacity A space-based solar installation on a satellite, however, may have a capacity of 97 percent, according to an MSNBC article.

Pacific Gas & Electric, based in San Francisco, is seeking state regulatory approval to purchase power over a 15-year period from Solaren Corp., Manhattan Beach, Calif. Solaren hopes to begin generating electricity from its solar satellite by 2016, if it can clear technological and regulatory hurdles.

http://www.enn.com/business/article/39685 

 The threat of global warming can be significantly lessened if nations cut emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases by 70 percent this century, according to a new study. This would help reduce the most dangerous aspects of climate change including massive losses of Arctic sea ice and permafrost and significant sea level rise, although global temperatures will still rise.

http://www.enn.com/climate/article/39711